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(Pentagon) Tugboat sinks, spilling fuel in Guantanamo Bay
http://www.mcclatchydc.com/2013/04/08/187996/tugboat-sinks-spilling-fuel-in.htmlTugboat sinks, spilling fuel in Guantanamo Bay
By CAROL ROSENBERG | The Miami Herald
Posted on Monday, April 8, 2013
MIAMI - A Pentagon contract tugboat inexplicably sank at the U.S. Navy base at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, over the weekend, creating a hazardous waste spill, the base said Monday.
The 60-foot tugboat operated by a contractor, not the Navy, was named Little Debbie, base spokeswoman Kelly Wirfel said by email from the remote outpost. It was alongside a maintenance barge in the port when it sank, she said, forcing closure of the bay and its beaches to recreational activities over the weekend but not disrupting tugboat activity because Guantanamo has other tugs.
No injuries were reported. The cause of the sinking is under investigation, Wirfel said.
The latest mishap occurred a month after a barge bound for Guantanamo lost containers off South Florida, including a half-dozen new rental cars. Last fall, Superstorm Sandy churned up an inert 500-pound practice bomb, also closing some beaches.